Holding back the Dow today is General Electric (NYSE:GE), which is lagging the broader Dow index with a 15-cent decline (-0.6%) bringing the stock to $27.17.

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average ( ^DJI) is trading up 86 points (+0.5%) at 16,265 as of Friday, Dec 20, 2013, 11:35 a.m. ET. During this time, 208.5 million shares of the 30 Dow components have changed hands vs. an average daily trading volume of 372.6 million. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 2,274 issues advancing vs. 691 declining with 120 unchanged.

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Holding back the Dow today is General Electric (NYSE: GE), which is lagging the broader Dow index with a 15-cent decline (-0.6%) bringing the stock to $27.17. Volume for General Electric currently sits at 25.4 million shares traded vs. an average daily trading volume of 36.8 million shares.

General Electric has a market cap of $277.32 billion and is part of the industrial goods sector and industrial industry. Shares are up 30.6% year to date as of Thursday's close. The stock's dividend yield sits at 3.2%.

General Electric Company operates as an infrastructure and financial services company worldwide. The company has a P/E ratio of 19.7, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

TheStreet Ratings rates General Electric as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its notable return on equity, increase in stock price during the past year and expanding profit margins. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income.